Adiantum humile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum humile

Name

Adiantum humile Kunze, Linnaea 9: 80 (1834).

• Lectotipo (designated by Tryon, 1964): Perú, Poeppig s.n. (W).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum killipii Maxon & Weath., Amer. J. Bot. 19: 166 (1932).
    • Type: Panama: Canal Zona: collected on Ancó Hill, in deep woods, 29 Dec 1917, E.P. Killip 2752 (Holotype: US-863376).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central (Goiás, Mato Grosso), Brazil Northeast (Alagoas, Bahia, Paraiba, Pernambuco), Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Brazil North (Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Pará, Roraima, Rondônia), Brazil South (Parana, Santa Catarina). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunze, G. 1834. Synopsis plantarum cryptogamicarum ab Eduardo Poeppig in Cuba Insula et in America Meridionali collectarum. Linnaea 9: 1–111. BHL Reference page. 
• Maxon, W.R. & Weatherby, C.A. 1932. Two New Tropical American Species of Adiantum. American Journal of Botany 19(2): 165–167. DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1932.tb09642.x JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum humile in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum humile. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum humile. Published online. Accessed: 31 Aug 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum humile Accessed: 31 Aug 2022.